Seismic fragility assessment of highway bridges: a state-of-the-art review

AHM Muntasir Billah… - Structure and infrastructure …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Safety and serviceability of highway bridges, during and after an earthquake, is a
prerequisite to ensure continuous transport facilities, emergency and evacuation routes …

Seismic vulnerability assessment methodologies for roadway assets and networks: A state-of-the-art review

AM El-Maissi, SA Argyroudis, FM Nazri - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Road networks are considered as one of the most important transport infrastructure systems,
since they attain the economic and social prosperity of modern societies. For this reason, it is …

[BOOK][B] Analytical fragility curves for highway bridges in moderate seismic zones

BG Nielson - 2005 - search.proquest.com
Historical seismic events such as the San Fernando earthquake of 1971 and the Loma
Prieta earthquake of 1989 did much to highlight the vulnerabilities in many existing highway …

Methodology for the development of analytical fragility curves for retrofitted bridges

JE Padgett, R DesRoches - Earthquake Engineering & …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Fragility curves for retrofitted bridges indicate the influence of various retrofit measures on
the probability of achieving specified levels of damage. This paper presents an analytical …

[BOOK][B] Next generation seismic fragility curves for California bridges incorporating the evolution in seismic design philosophy

KN Ramanathan - 2012 - search.proquest.com
Quantitative and qualitative assessment of the seismic risk to highway bridges is crucial in
pre-earthquake planning, and post-earthquake response of transportation systems. Such …

Integrated seismic risk and resilience assessment of roadway networks in earthquake prone areas

I Kilanitis, A Sextos - Bulletin of earthquake engineering, 2019 - Springer
Intercity networks constitute a highly important civil infrastructure in developed countries, as
they contribute to the prosperity and development of the connected communities. This was …

Methodology for the development of bridge‐specific fragility curves

SP Stefanidou, AJ Kappos - Earthquake Engineering & …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
A new methodology for the development of bridge‐specific fragility curves is proposed with a
view to improving the reliability of loss assessment in road networks and prioritising retrofit of …

Influence of scour effects on the seismic response of reinforced concrete bridges

Z Wang, L Dueñas-Osorio, JE Padgett - Engineering structures, 2014 - Elsevier
Flood-induced scour is a common phenomenon that causes the loss of lateral support at
bridge foundations. However, the impact of scour is usually ignored when assessing the …

Derive empirical fragility functions for Nepali residential buildings

D Gautam, G Fabbrocino, FS de Magistris - Engineering Structures, 2018 - Elsevier
Fragility functions are the key components of damage analysis for the next generation
performance-based earthquake engineering (PBEE-2) framework. Despite being widely …

Seismic intensity measures for risk assessment of bridges

GJ O'Reilly - Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, 2021 - Springer
In performance-based seismic assessment, structural response is characterised using
fragility functions based on a seismic intensity measure (IM). IMs are typically related to the …